The second night of Distant Worlds was just as great as the first. Dancing Mad was excellent and made full use of the giant pipe organ inside the concert hall. Some other interesting songs included Suteki da ne from FFX, but this time it was in English. Pretty weird but I'm sure Uematsu himself rewrote it so I'm not gonna freak out like most people probably would. Plus it was sung by Susan Calloway which is always great. She also sang Melodies of Life from FFIX, the one game I think received the most love among both shows, deservingly so. Both shows saw the performance of FFXIII and FFXIV songs. Friday's show also had the "surprise" One-Winged Angel sing-a-long for which Uemtasu absolutely made sure people participated in by jumping on stage and singing and flailing as much as he could. The audience was a little better than Thursday night. It was kind of interesting to see how people were reacting to Uematsu. He was sitting about four seats from me and I noticed a girl sitting behind him was freaking out to the point of hyper-ventilation. Many others also tried to get their programs signed by him with no success. They definitely didn't waste time on trying to get a candid photo of him though. He was wearing a blue, white, and pink bandanna that night, by the way.

After the show was the Uematsu meet and greet. It wasn't cheap to get tickets for this but there were still a lot of people there for it. Along with the meet and greet, participants also received a signed copy of the second Distant Worlds album but could get other things signed if they wish. I made sure to purchase a copy of the first Distant Worlds album to get signed as well. Aside from that I decided to get my blue DSi signed.

Signed by Susan Calloway, Nobuo Uematsu, and Arnie Roth (sorry for the crap photo).

Both albums signed by Roth and Uematsu. Calloway only signed the first album since the second albums were pre-signed.

Starting left: Susan Calloway, my cousin, Arnie Roth, me, Nobuo Uematsu. We asked if they would do peace signs but Uematsu put up three fingers instead. West-side love maybe? I asked Susan Calloway if she had recorded any vocal tracks on the FFXIV soundtrack, having heard some from the leaked alpha. She looked towards Arnie Roth who was looking at Uemtasu, answering simultaneously with a "We don't know" as laughter ensued. Eventually Arnie Roth said "yes". He also said during the concert that Square Enix was to make some sort of announcement on the 20th this month. I'm not sure what or if it's anything to look forward to. We'll see in a few days.

DRAGON QUEST IX

On the DQIX side of things I was able to tag three additional players during Friday's concert. No maps though. :( I'm still rather satisfied with the results. I don't plan on taking my newly autographed DSi around with me for the remaining duration of my vacation and I don't feel like hauling a backpack around with my XL so I think that's all the tagging for me.